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Incredible Efforts Save Yacht from Sinking During a Passage from Vanuatu to Australia

On June 22nd the yacht Stormvogel informed yacht Oda that it had a problem and was taking on water at an alarming rate. In fact, there was so much water that the floor ...
On August 21, 2014 / By Administrator
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Boat-to-Boat Lobster Bakes Resume in Remote Maine Anchorage

After her application for a mobile vendor license was swiftly processed by state health inspectors and a temporary permit issued, Reilly Harvey said Friday she was bound once ...
On August 14, 2014 / By Administrator
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Plan for New Mooring Field in Key Largo, FL Scuttled

Concerns from on-shore residents seem to have scuttled Monroe County’s preferred site for a new Upper Keys mooring field. “There is no Plan B,” County Mayor Sylvia Murphy ...
On August 13, 2014 / By Administrator
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Inspiring “Green Horn Kids” Gain Valuable Big-Boat Experience

Tom Caulfield started the Green Horn Kids program as a way to introduce his son to big-boat racing. Last month, with a crew of six boys, ages 8-10 ...
On August 13, 2014 / By Administrator
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Sailboat Sinks Near Nantucket Harbor After Collision

The 40-foot wooden sailboat that sank near the entrance to Nantucket Harbor Friday morning after colliding with another vessel was raised from the bottom Sunday by barge and ...
On August 13, 2014 / By Administrator
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National Coastwatch Institution (UK) Issued Dedicated VHF Channel

The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI), an entirely voluntary organization keeping a visual watch along UK shores, has been allocated a national license by OFCOM for the use of ...
On August 13, 2014 / By Administrator
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Rescued Sailors Describe ‘Perfect Storm’

Three grateful California sailors, whose sailboat was ravaged by a “perfect storm” of high winds and seas from Hurricane Julio, arrived safely in Honolulu, Hawaii before dawn Tuesday ...
On August 13, 2014 / By Administrator
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New Mooring Rates at Exuma Land and Sea Park

The beautiful Exuma Land and Sea Park has increased its mooring rates. The park, which extends into both the banks and the Exuma Sound, is a strict no fishing/no ...
On August 7, 2014 / By Administrator
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China’s Pioneers: Around the world with no sleep and a new language

Are these the worst working hours in world sport? Twenty days at a time working four hours on and four hours off, crammed onto a boat with seven ...
On August 7, 2014 / By Administrator
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127 kilos of Cocaine Discovered on Spanish Navy Training Vessel

A Spanish navy training ship has involuntarily become a tool for drug traffickers. The Civil Guard has seized 127 kilos of cocaine from the Juan Sebastián Elcano, a ...
On August 7, 2014 / By Administrator